Plane for picture-moldings



{No Model.)

B. L, GAYLORD.

PLANE FOR PICTURE MOLDINGS.

Patented Mar. 3., 1885.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. GAYLORD, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

PLANE FOR PlCTURE-MOLDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,195, dated March 3,1885.

Application filed September 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. GAYLORD, a citizen 'of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planesfor Picture-Moldings; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableoth- IO ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in planesfor picturemoldings, and has for its object to provide a device of thisdescription which will accommodate and plane stock of any thickness andgive to it any desired contour; and with these ends in View my inventionconsists in the details of construction and combination of elementshereinafter fully and in detail explained, and then specificallydesignated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention. appertainsmay more fully understand its construction and operation, I will proceedto describe the same in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-- 0 Figure 1represents a side elevation of my improved plane; and Fig. 2,2. Verticalsection of the plane at the line at a; of Fig. l, and showing the handleand iron in elevation.

Similar letters denote like parts in both fig- 5 ures of the drawings.

A is the stock, constructed as in ordinary planes of this description;and B is the iron, secured to its bed by bolt C, also as in ordinaryplanes. The sole J is conformed to the contour of the cut made by theiron.

-D is the guide, which at its bearing-surface on the sole conforms tothe latter in shape. It is provided with slots E, through which bolts Fpass and secure it to the stock.

Between the sole of the plane and the surface of the guide which reststhereon is clamped a thin metal strip, H, which extends outward over thecutting-edge of the iron and prevents the latter from gouging or cuttingthe edge of the stock next the gage. The puro which are inserted oromitted, as the guide is 5 5 required to extend less or more upon thesurface of the sole. By inserting more washers stock of greaterthickness may be accommodated, and by omitting them the plane will beadapted to thinner stock, while,in both instances the shape of theplaned surface will conform to the curvature of the cuttingedge of theiron.

In niyinventio-n I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly,the application to a plane of a guide, for that I know to be old. Thegist of my invention rests in the idea of applying to a molding-planefor frame-makers use a device whereby the capacity of the plane forthickness of stock may be diminished or increased, while at the sametime the edge of the material and the curvature indicated by the contourof the plane-sole will-be preserved in the finished surface.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a plane of the character described, of a guideextending more or less over the plane-sole, and a metal strip extendingalong the cutting-edge of the iron next the gage, whereby stock ofgreater or less thickness may be accommodated and planed and the edgepreserved intact, substantially as set forth. 85

2. The combination of stock A, iron B. slotted guide D, secured to thestock by bolts F, having Washers G, and strip H, lying along the edge ofthe iron next the guide, all arranged as described, and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD L. GAYLORD.

Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, W. T. HAVILAND.

